JUDGMENT :

Jay Sengupta, J.

1. This is an application praying for direction upon the respondents to permit the petitioners to hold a religious rally on 17.04.2024.

2. Leave is granted to add the Union of India as a party.

3. Let necessary corrections to be made in course of the day.

4. Amended copy of the writ petition be handed over to the Union of India through the Office of the learned Additional Solicitor General.

5. Report filed on behalf of the State is taken on record.

6. A copy of the same is handed over to the learned counsel for the petitioners.

7. Learned senior counsel representing the petitioners submits as follows. The petitioner no.1 is an organisation engaged in various social activities with an objective to organise and consolidate the Hindu society and to serve and protect the Hindu Dharma. The petitioner no.2 is the President of the said petitioner no.1. The petitioners want to organise Ram Navami Shobhayatra Rally, where the followers of Lord Rama will participate in the religious procession. It will be conducted on 17.04.2024 between 3pm and 6pm. Similar rally has been conducted by the petitioners for the last 17 years. The petitioners would limit the number of